DISCRIMINATE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

discriminate

verb

di-ˈskri-mə-ˌnāt

Definition of discriminate

as in to differentiate

to understand or point out the difference in the human eye can discriminate between very slight gradations of color

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Recent Examples of discriminate However, some of them didn’t seem to mind when others were discriminating against students there that were either Israeli or Jewish. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 But Snead involved a tax Congress found discriminated against interstate commerce. — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 But this month, the Coalition for Open Democracy, a voter advocacy group, filed a lawsuit, arguing the New Hampshire law is unconstitutional for burdening eligible students' right to vote and discriminating against younger voters for their age. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026 Moreover, because the Sears catalog did not racially discriminate, economic historians credit the catalog as a major tool for Black consumers to side-step the indignities and discrimination of Jim Crow commerce. — Harold Pollack, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for discriminate

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Szwast said the investments will help UPS differentiate its end-to-end logistics offerings, ensuring the logistics company can equip businesses from the first step to the last step of the shipping process.

— Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
Furthermore, its interior will have become differentiated, with the heavier elements sinking to the core.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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The researchers suspect that others were created by AI that either hallucinated or, just like the AI agents browsing their file, couldn’t distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate instructions.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
The debate centers on what set of images and chemical measurements will best help distinguish how the polygons formed.

— Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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